Courses

These universities offer free online courses. These courses are offered by a number of well-known universities. Interested students can register directly for these courses. If you’re seeking knowledge on a particular topic, a free online course may be what you need. It is more likely that these will be self-paced, which means less direct guidance from an instructor.

You can choose from a variety of subject areas, including soft skills and hard skills.

In this section, we have categorized the free online courses in Public Health, American History, English Language for University Studies, and Business Administration.

Course Category

American History and Civic Engagement

American History and Civic Engagement

Business Administration and Entrepreneurship

Business Administration and Entrepreneurship

English as a Second Language for University Studies

English as a Second Language for University Studies

Public Health and Health Services

Public Health and Health Services

other online courses

Other Online Courses

All Courses

Simple Regression Analysis in Public Health

Simple Regression Analysis in Public Health

This course is part of the Biostatistics in Public Health Specialization. In this course, we'll focus on the use of simple regression methods to determine the relationship between an outcome of interest and a single predictor via a linear equation. Along the way,...

The Social and Technical Context of Health Informatics

The Social and Technical Context of Health Informatics

This course is part of the Health Informatics Specialization. At the end of this course, students will be able to make a quick assessment of a health informatics problem—or a proposed solution—and to determine what is missing and what more needs to be learned....

Computational Social Science Specialization

Computational Social Science Specialization

Digital technology has not only revolutionized society, but also the way we can study it. Currently, this is taken advantage of by the most valuable companies in Silicon Valley, the most powerful governmental agencies, and the most influential social movements....

Learn SQL Basics for Data Science Specialization

Learn SQL Basics for Data Science Specialization

This Specialization is intended for a learner with no previous coding experience seeking to develop SQL query fluency. Through four progressively more difficult SQL projects with data science applications, you will cover topics such as SQL basics, data wrangling, SQL...

Understanding Prostate Cancer

Understanding Prostate Cancer

This course is part of the Cancer Biology Specialization. In this Understanding Prostate Cancer course, I will provide an introduction to the biology of prostate cancer as well as how it is identified and treated at various stages of the disease. Syllabus Learn...

Foundations of Health Equity Research

Foundations of Health Equity Research

Introduces students to the core principles of health equity research. Covers topics such as defining health equity, engaging community and policy stakeholders, patient-centeredness, cultural competence, and dissemination of research findings. Syllabus Learn More

Principles of fMRI 1

Principles of fMRI 1

This course is part of the Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Specialization. This course covers the design, acquisition, and analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data, including psychological inference, MR Physics, K Space, experimental design,...

The Data Science of Health Informatics

The Data Science of Health Informatics

This course is part of the Health Informatics Specialization. By the end of this course, students will recognize the different types of health and healthcare data, will articulate a coherent and complete question, will interpret queries designed for secondary use of...

JavaScript for Beginners Specialization

JavaScript for Beginners Specialization

This Specialization is intended for the learner with no previous programming experience or the career changer transitioning to software development. JavaScript is generally the first programming language you will need to learn and this Specialization will help you...

Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1

Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1

This course is part of the Foundations of Global Health Specialization. This course, Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1, introduces discussions about the public health approach to problems experienced by people affected by disasters, both natural and related to...

Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms

Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms

This seven-week course will explore the relationship between law and technology with a strong focus on the law of the United States with some comparisons to laws around the world, especially in Europe. Tech progress is an important source of economic growth and raises...

Community Change in Public Health

Community Change in Public Health

This course is part of the Foundations of Global Health Specialization. This course examines the community context of the changes needed to promote the public’s health. We begin by examining the various definitions of ‘community’ and the processes by which we...